Button



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Patented June 17, 1930 Parent creme ISIDORE KRAMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON Application filed October V21', 1929. SerialvNo. 401,312.

This invention relates to a process of making buttons for articles of clothing from strips of material such as leather or the like.

The principal object of the inventionis to provide a button having a covering made from strips of leather or the like which is pre-woven before applyingsaid covering to the body of the'button.

Another object of the invention is to weave the covering from small strips of leather or the like making one unitary structure so it can conveniently be applied to the body of the button.

.15 Another object of the invention' is to make the covering from two strips of leather locked together in such a way so as to give a weaving effect.

With the above and other objects in view .v 2o as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In these drawings like parts are designated by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of the button.

Figure 2 is an edge view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view of one form of the covering for the button.

Figure 4 is a view of another form of the covering.

Figure 5 is a view of one ofthe elements which make up the covering shown in Figure 5.

Figure 6 is a cross section of the button taken on line 6-6 of Figure 1. Figure 7 is a top view of the inside of the button with the leather disk in an open position.

Figure 8 is a view of the eye for fastening the button to an article ofclothing.

Figure 9 is a similar view as Figure 7 but showing a modified form of lthe. eye.

Figure 10 is a section on line 10-10 of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a modified form of` the 17:0 covering.

Figure 12 is one of the rco-operating elements. f

Figure 13 is another view of the co-operating element. y

vFigure 14 is another modified form of the l155 .covering and lFiguresl v15 and 16 are the parts thereof showing themE separated.

Referring lnow to the drawings in detail numeral l designates-*the covering of the button made of four 'strips of leather, 2, 3, 4 and 5woven together as shown in Figure 3. Numeral 6 designates a metal foundationv for the button in the form of an inverted cup. YAround this metallic cup isf lplacedthe covering 1 with the'edges 7 tucked inwardly.

The interior of the button is formed of a Vmetallic cup-shaped foundation 8, the bottom of which is covered with a leather disk 'd70 9. This disk is larger in diameter than the cup 8 so that the edge 10 canbe tucked inside the button as shown inFigure 6.

Means are provided tov fasten the button to an article 'of clothing consisting 4of lan 775 eye 11 made vfrom one piece yof material and anchored in the interior of the button ywith the shank portion 12 protrudingoutwardly; Oneend ofthe eye is formed with c an arrow-shaped portion 13 while at the "30 opposite end is formedv a disk portion 1.4 having a slot v15 cut therein. To form a loop'th'e varrow-shaped endr is passed through the slot 15 and locked in place as shown in Figures 6 and 7. The cup-shaped founda- 9 5 'tion 8 Vand the leather disk 9 are formed with vTheV twov various assemblies are then placed M in a powerful diek and given a permanent set so that the two portions are inter-locked as shown' 1n Figure 6 and form together a strong and long lasting button which will41100 keep its shape indefinitely.V

In Figures' 4C and 5 is shown amodified forni of the covering illustrated in Figure 3 consisting of two A-shaped port-ions 17 formed with slots 18 and locked together into one unitary structure. If desired the two portions can be glued together where they overlap so as to prevent any accidental disassociation of the parts whiler being handled.

In Figures 9 and 10 is shown a modified form of the means for fastening the button to an article of clothing consisting of an eye 19 having a pair of Wings 20 at the top which anchor themselves in the cup 8 against any outward pull.

In Figures l1, 12 and 13`is shown another modiiication of the covering.V The purpose of this forniof covering is to prevent any hole appearing at the center. It

will be noticed that the portion 21 is the saine as any of the elements shown in Fig-` ure 4. However, theco-operating portion 22 is different in that two slots 23 and 24 as wide as the legs ofelement 21 are formed therein. vWhen the two parts are locked together the center 25 will showV a solid wall and thereby improve the appearance ofthe button. The modified forml of covering'V shown in Figures 14, 15 and 16 comprises Element 26 is proassociate element to pass through.

By making the covering in the manner disclosed smaller strips'of Vleather can be used and thereby decrease the cost of manufacture. i

It will thus be seen that I have provided Va novel method of making a button from leather or the like which has a pleasing appearaiice and is substantially indestructible. The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded 4as descriptive and illustrative only, and is Vnot a. limitation of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be made including many modifications withoutdepartling fromv the generalscope herein indicated and noted in the appendedpclaims.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. In a button ofthe class described, the

combination of a covering, of Va foundation therefor, said covering made from four equal pieces' ofmaterial woven together and placed around said foundationv with .the

edges tucked inwardly.

2. In a button'of the class described, the

combination of a covering, of a ymetal cupshaped foundation therefor, said covering made from several pieces of material woven together and placed around said founda-V Ytion with the edgesV turned inwardly, a metalton in the opposite end protruding, outwardly of said cup, saidmetallie cup and its coverles llU 

